Aging reduces the primary humoral response and the in vitro cytokine production in mice

Aging is accompanied by a decrease in several physiological functions that make older individuals less responsive to environmental challenges. In the present study, we analyzed the immune response of female BALB/c mice (N = 6) of different ages (from 2 to 96 weeks) and identified significant age-rel...

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Main Authors: P.U. Simioni, E.H. Costa, W.M.S.C. Tamashiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2007-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000800012